Nehemiah 7
1. After the wall had been rebuilt, and I had set up its doors, and the gatekeepers, singers and L’vi’im had been appointed,
2. I put my kinsman Hanani in charge of Yerushalayim, along with Hananyah the commander of the citadel. For he was a faithful man, and he feared God more than most.
3. I said to them, “The gates of Yerushalayim are not to be opened until the sun is hot; and while the gatekeepers are still on duty, have them shut the doors; and you, put up the bars. Appoint watchmen from among those living in Yerushalayim; assign each one his time to guard, and have each one serving near his own house.”
4. The city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not been rebuilt.
5. My God put it in my heart to assemble the nobles, the leaders and the people, so that they could be registered according to their genealogies. I located the record of the genealogies of those who had come up at the beginning and found written in it:
6. “Here is a list of the people of the province who had been exiled, carried off to Bavel by N’vukhadnetzar king of Bavel, but who later returned from exile and went up to Yerushalayim and Y’hudah, each to his own city;
7. they went with Z’rubavel, Yeshua, Nechemyah, ‘Azaryah, Ra‘amyah, Nachmani, Mordekhai, Bilshan, Misperet, Bigvai, N’chum and Ba‘anah. 7 “The number of men from the people of Isra’el:
8. descendants of Par‘osh 8 2,172
9. descendants of Sh’fatyah 9 372
10. descendants of Arach 10 652
11. descendants of Pachat-Mo’av, 11 from the descendants of Yeshua and Yo’av 11 2,818
12. descendants of ‘Eilam 12 1,254
13. descendants of Zatu 13 845
14. descendants of Zakkai 14 760
15. descendants of Binui 15 648
16. descendants of B’vai 16 628
17. descendants of ‘Azgad 17 2,322
18. descendants of Adonikam 18 667
19. descendants of Bigvai 19 2,067
20. descendants of ‘Adin 20 655
21. descendants of Ater, of Y’chizkiyah 21 98
22. descendants of Hashum 22 328
23. descendants of Betzai 23 324
24. descendants of Harif 24 112
25. descendants of Giv‘on 25 95
26. people of Beit-Lechem and N’tofah 26 188
27. people of ‘Anatot 27 128
28. people of Beit-‘Azmavet 28 42
29. people of Kiryat-Ye‘arim, K’firah and Be’erot 29 743
30. people of Ramah and Geva 30 621
31. people of Mikhmas 31 122
32. people of Beit-El and ‘Ai 32 123
33. people from the other N’vo 33 52
34. people from the other ‘Eilam 34 1,254
35. descendants of Harim 35 320
36. descendants of Yericho 36 345
37. descendants of Lod, Hadid and Ono 37 721
38. descendants of S’na’ah 38 3,930
39. “The cohanim: 39 descendants of Y’da‘yah, of the house of Yeshua 39 973
40. descendants of Immer 40 1,052
41. descendants of Pash’chur 41 1,247
42. descendants of Harim 42 1,017
43. “The L’vi’im: 43 descendants of Yeshua, of Kadmi’el, 43 of the descendants of Hodvah 43 74
44. “The singers: 44 descendants of Asaf 44 148
45. “The gatekeepers: 45 descendants of Shalum, 45 descendants of Ater, 45 descendants of Talmon, 45 descendants of ‘Akuv, 45 descendants of Hatita, and 45 descendants of Shovai 45 138
46. “The temple servants: 46 descendants of Tzicha, 46 descendants of Hasufa, 46 descendants of Taba‘ot,
47. descendants of Keros, 47 descendants of Si‘a, 47 descendants of Padon,
48. descendants of L’vanah, 48 descendants of Hagava, 48 descendants of Salmai,
49. descendants of Hanan, 49 descendants of Giddel, 49 descendants of Gachar,
50. descendants of Re’ayah, 50 descendants of Retzin, 50 descendants of N’koda,
51. descendants of Gazam, 51 descendants of ‘Uza, 51 descendants of Paseach,
52. descendants of Besai, 52 descendants of Me‘unim, 52 descendants of N’fish’sim,
53. descendants of Bakbuk, 53 descendants of Hakufa, 53 descendants of Harhur,
54. descendants of Batzlit, 54 descendants of M’chida, 54 descendants of Harsha,
55. descendants of Barkos, 55 descendants of Sisra, 55 descendants of Temach,
56. descendants of N’tziach, and 56 descendants of Hatifa.
57. “The descendants of Shlomo’s servants: 57 descendants of Sotai, 57 descendants of Soferet, 57 descendants of P’rida,
58. descendants of Ya‘lah, 58 descendants of Darkon, 58 descendants of Giddel,
59. descendants of Sh’fatyah, 59 descendants of Hatil, 59 descendants of Pokheret-Hatzvayim, and 59 descendants of Amon.
60. “All the temple servants and the 60 descendants of Shlomo’s servants numbered 60 392
61. “The following went up from Tel-Melach, Tel-Harsha, K’ruv, Adon and Immer; but they could not state which fathers’ clan they and their children belonged to, [so it was not clear] whether they were from Isra’el:
62. descendants of D’layah, 62 descendants of Toviyah, and 62 descendants of N’koda 62 642
63. and of the cohanim: 63 descendants of Havayah, 63 descendants of Hakotz, and 63 descendants of Barzillai, who took a wife from the 63 daughters of Barzillai the Gil‘adi and was named after them.
64. “These tried to locate their geneaolgical records, but they weren’t found. Therefore they were considered defiled and were not allowed to serve as cohanim.
65. The Tirshata told them not to eat any of the especially holy food until a cohen appeared who could consult the urim and tumim.
66. “The entire assembly numbered 42,360,
67. not including their male and female slaves, of whom there were 7,337. They also had 245 male and female singers.
68. Their horses numbered 736; their mules, 245; *
69. their camels, 435; and their donkeys, 6,720.
70. “Some from among the heads of fathers’ clans made contributions for the work. The Tirshata contributed to the treasury a thousand gold darkmonim [twenty-one pounds], fifty basins and 530 tunics for the cohanim.
71. Some of the heads of fathers’ clans gave into the treasury for the work 20,000 gold darkmonim [420 pounds] and 2,200 silver manim [one-and-a-third tons].
72. The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold darkmonim, 2,000 silver manim [about one-and-a-quarter tons] and sixty-seven tunics for the cohanim.
73. “So the cohanim, the L’vi’im, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants and all Isra’el lived in their towns.” 73 When the seventh month arrived, after the people of Isra’el had resettled in their towns,